The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-09-08
THE PIEDMONT SECTION.
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM NEAR BY
COUNTIES.
Haversack of Happenings Gathered
From Various Sections I'm Piedmont
North arolina

Il
a Haversack of Happenings Gathere
From Various Sections I'm Piedmont
North Carolina.
Dalton is to have spoke and handle fat
tory.
Eighteen marriage licenses were issued i
Guilford county last month.
w. K. Gibles, Esq, has been appointe
Notary Public for Davie county.
The new Z. F. & Y. V. R. r. depot i
now in course of erection at Dalton
Gov Scales has appointed Mr. II. c
Brown, of Mt Airy,a Notary Public.
Many farmers in Stokes county repor
the best crop for years, some say the crop i
the best ever known.
Danbury wants a wagon shop. Cam
somebody supply the want. The Reporte
says one would do well there
The Methodist Protestant denomination
are erecting handsome church edifce al
Goshen, Guilford county, on the C. +. &
Y.VRR
Rev G. J. Curtis, Evangelist of the Char
lotte C"nvocatinn, will preach in Mocdsville
1 IL.
Sept. 18th to Oct. End
Mr.. Henry Norman, Of Yadkin Co.
raised pumpkins this year whose aver.
age was 80 lbs. The largest one weighed
l20 lbs. What whopper
Mr.. J. Henderson, a young and progress
sive farmer of Davie county, died at his
home in Callahan township, on Tuesday
night, Aug. Both, at IL o'clock, of fever.
Aged 80 years.
A protracted meeting will commence at
Abotts Creek, Davidson county, on the
Ord Sunday, of Sept, conducted by Elder
VIM. Turner, of Salem and Rev. w. l..
Wright, Of Reidsville
The Morning Nea0s, of Gennsboro has
suspended, for lack OF support We regret
that it is So, but nevertheless it does seem
that our State papers receive less encour-
agement than any in the Country
The total value of taxables in Stokes
county is 81 ,519,645. The assessed value of
the land in the county is $685., 997; the
value of the land, this year, is $l75,64S
more than last. This does not include the
unlisted land.
The Farmers'Clu of LeaksyilIe township
has been organized with thirty eight mem
bers and the following officers: President,
Elder \. L. Moore; Vice-President, Jesse
Dunn, Secretary, J. F. Lane; Treasurer,
Col. j. p. billiard
The High Point Enterprise learns that
one day the past week youth of Is years,
while inspecting the line of shafting at a
new mill in Randolph county, was caught
and whirled around with sufficient force TO
break both legs, both thighs and both arms.
He cannot recover.
The Register of Deeds of Stokes county
informs the Reporter that there are in COM
parlson to last year, fewer crop mortgages
this year. There were 666 mortgages re-
corded from January LIST to August LIST last
year, and ago mortgages for the cores
ponding months of this year.
The Davie Times says that Miss Matte
murphy, who moved with her father, Mr..
Murphy, to Caswell county last winter was
found dead in Jail at Yanceyville two weeks
ago Her father, we learn, died very sud
denly, which caused her to lose her mind.
and then she was confined to Jail bv her
friends until she could be taken to the asy-
lum. The jailor entered her cell and found
her dead.
We agree with the editor of the Reds
vile Weekly when he says the people Of
North Carolina on next Thanksgiving day
should with one accord give their praise
and gratitude to God for the bounteous
crops He has bestowed upon them. The
oldest inhabitant does not remember to
have seen any previous crops that at all APP
proach the crops of the present year. An
ungrateful people cannot expect continued
blessings.
One JOSIAH" in the LeaksvilIe Echo,
uttereth thusly: Tell it not in Madison,
speak it not in the streets of Riedsville, nor
proclaim it from the housetops of Went
worth, that Wallace Cardwelps wife has
got baby But yet, nevertheless not.
outstanding, it is fact, and who Guild
have 'thunk" it. And the little gal" does
favor its pap but the neighboJs hope that
the "favoration" will not strike in. If it
does that gap is 'goner" Strange
things happen in this world that are not
dreamed of in Mr.. Comstock's philosophy
GNS.ura rrrTa al.